EMS Museum & Art Gallery

The mission of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery is to preserve and promote the diverse collections of Penn State’s College of Earth & Mineral Sciences by serving as an informed resource for science and art education for learners and educators in the broader community. The museum serves the community by illuminating the process of science and its outcomes, providing educational and research resources, and communicating the research conducted within the college.

About the Museum & Art Gallery

The Museum & Art Gallery was established in 1859 when the Pennsylvania State Legislature consigned one of four cabinets of the state's mineralogical and geological collection to Farmers' High School--the institution that became Pennsylvania State College and then the Pennsylvania State University.